I agree that 180 and 210mm are a bit too similar to be very useful. Most labs (at least, here in the UK) will accept film either in boxes or in dark slides, I suppose it depends really on whether...
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I agree that 180 and 210mm are a bit too similar to be very useful. Most labs (at least, here in the UK) will accept film either in boxes or in dark slides, I suppose it depends really on whether...
I agree that pack lights are much more convenient than monos especially when they are supported on a boom arm and when you need to adjust them.
I have a mixture of lights here, and am very happy...
Leaving aside all the personal preferences and technical arguments - and I'm not suggesting that they are not valid - I will be sticking with 5"x4" for the forseeable future, because all of my work...
No, this is definately not an advertisement for Elinchrom. I posted this message because I believe that we should all be able to benefit form the experiences of others, good or bad.
If you had...
About a year ago I bought some Elinchrom Micro 750 heads, mainly for studio use but they were also taken out sometimes for location work. There were lots of problems with them, mainly caused by their...
Extreme movements are mainly used for studio close-ups, where the shot needs to look down on the subject and movements are needed to correct the geometry. They are also needed to manipulate the...
Leach Colour, 01484 406000. They have a very full range of professional services including 5x4 Quickload. Mail order is free except for very large items. I recommend them.
I bought one but found it to be neither accurate nor reliable.
Re: My earlier suggestion that you test on Polaroids: I don't agree that polaroids will be unhelpful in this situation. Whilst colour polaroids have very strange recipocity characteristics compared...
The obvious answer is to test on Polaroids
I can't answer your question, but the following points may be helpful 1. large format photography is light years away from 35mm and although you will find the technical considerations and knowledge ...
To me, the finest portrait ever was by Arnold Newman, showing a demonic Krupps, strongly side lit, against the background of his armanents factory, with strongly converging perspective. Apparently ...
If I had only 1 lens for architechture and interiors it would be a 90mm Super Angulon. I also use a 65mm Nikkor, but not very often. For outdoor use I find a polariser essential for many shots. If...
I would say that the 240mm is the ideal 5"x4" studio lens, given sufficient working space.
Another cause, although not true vignetting, is bellows sag (or, more properly, bellows fold) with bag bellows. Personally I always use polaroids before taking the shot and this takes care of the...
I meant to add that if your work is in the studio, a studio stand will beat any tripod.
I have a Manfrotto which I use for 'outside' jobs. Fitted with a 229 head and used up to about 5-6', it is very stable indeed with my Arca or Sinar 5x4s, at any angle. I haven't tried it with...
I have been asked to produce a shot that is to go on a 6-sheet poster. Can anyon e tell me what this size means, in terms of feet and inches? Thanks.
Just keep the back straight and the geometry will be right. Use rise/fall as necessary to frame the image.
For all practical photographic purposes, an object is at infinity if, with your 210mm lens adjusted to 210mm from the film, with the lens wide open, it is sharp.
I can't see how it can be a pinhole, because the magnification would almost certainly not coincide. I agree that the problem is likely to be movement caused by bellows strain. Probably the best...
We are a small commercial studio in the North of England, a few years ago we ran 1-day introductory courses in studio photography, attended mainly by keen amate urs. We're planning on holding another...
You need a bag bellows. The restriction on a normal bellows is the rigidity of the bellow itself; at minimum draw it is solid, and no movements are normally possible, at at maximum draw you can...
I think this is old advice, and I agree that it applies more to B&W negatives than to trannies. Modern tranny films are very good indeed, and so are modern exposure meters. If you take an INCIDENT...
I have a Calumet, and I'm not impressed. There are 3 problems. 1. As previously mentioned, the film starts from 1 side, has a very long travel and goes all the way back. It uses up nearly all the ...
In theory, any bellows extension requires compensation to exposure, but as the previous poster says, this doesn't matter unless you are doing close-ups. To calculate the exposure, take the focal...
I'm in England, so availability may be different in different places, but I use a Sinar P2 with bag bellows for architectural work. Why? Because, every now and then I need a lens that just isn't...
I agree with the last answer in that it is always better to use the right tool for the job and it would make sense to stop down a bit just to make sure, but I have used Fuji many times in a 545i...
I agree with the last comment. I shoot only commissioned commercial work and normally use either 6x7cm or 5"x4", as appropriate. But sometimes I have no choice other than to use 35mm, simply...
I would like to add my own thanks, both to you for all your hard and unselfish work and to the people who contribute. I discovered this forum by accident, about 18 months ago, and although I don't...
I do a lot of small product shots on 5x4. I normally use a 210mm, but very occasionally will use a 90mm. Image quality is not really an issue here, provided that the lens is O.K. Nor, normally, is...
Great news, but does anyone know whether it will be available in the U.K.?
I've never quite seen the point of metering the screen, other than with extreme close-ups. It takes for ever and there is a lot of trial and error involved the first time you do it, and every time...
The source of light isn't that important, it is the quality, i.e. the eveness and so on, that counts. Halogen lights are used quite a lot by professional still-life people and there are no real...
Wall mounting is fine as long as the wall is a proper wall. In my experience vibration is unlikely to be a problem for most people using LF because, most of the time, the degree of enlargement is ...
Yes, I understand the question better now. Considerable movement is needed for close-up work. I do this all the time and find that the lenses normally used for this type of work, e.g. 210mm + have...
What do you mean by 'degrees of movement'? If you mean, do you need a calibrated scale showing how much movement you are applying, the answer is no. If you want to know whether you need to have...
In theory, daylight tubes (when new) burn at about 5,700K, so no correction is needed on their colour, but because of their discontinuous spectrum (which will always produce a green cast, you will...